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While We Were Celebrating
While We Were Celebrating

JULY 22–23, 2026

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THIS TISHA B'AV, JOIN US FOR "WHILE WE WERE CELEBRATING" — THE STORY OF A YEAR WHEN ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE STRUCK JEWISH COMMUNITIES ON OUR HOLIEST DAYS, AND THE JEWISH ANSWER THAT HAS SUSTAINED OUR PEOPLE FORGENERATIONS: TO CELEBRATE AGAIN.

THROUGH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS, THE FILM TAKES VIEWERSINSIDE THE AFTERMATH OF ATTACKS THAT SHATTERED FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND CELEBRATIONS.

MANCHESTER

On the holiest day of the Jewish year, as worshippers prayed and fasted at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, a terrorist struck, ramming his car into pedestrians and stabbing congregants at the synagogue entrance.

MANCHESTER

BONDI BEACH

As Sydney's Jewish community gathered at Bondi Beach to light the first Hanukkah candle, gunmen opened fire on the celebration. Fifteen people were murdered, including a ten-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor, and a rabbi.

BONDI BEACH

ISRAEL

During the Israel-Iran war that spanned Purim through Pesach 2026, an Iranian ballistic missile struck a residential building in Haifa, killing four members of the same family.

ISRAEL
Jamie Geller and Rabbi Daniel Rowe

JOIN AISH'S JAMIE GELLER AS SHE TRAVELS ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS TO MEET THE SURVIVORS AND REVISIT THE SCENES OF THE ATTACKS. THEN, HEAR FROM RABBI DANIEL ROWE AS HE EXPLORES THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO HATRED AND LOSS AND OUR ENDURING WILL TO CELEBRATE AGAIN.

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